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! nri JH ULTON FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, MARCH 2, 1877. NO. 15. VOL. XXXII. Itilton fclfgraplj. "THE LITTLE GREY MARE." A Tragic Reminiscenco of tba Dark and Bloody Ground. Trial, Conviction and Subsequent Pardon of Isaac Deaha, Son of Gov. Desha, for Murder. High Family f'ounerliou of the Utfeudant ami Hie llrillinut ; Army of Coiiusrl, I from the SI. Lmils Kutiday Tiuiei.l III IK'.'I. .tut lur several year, previous thereto, the people ot Kentucky, were iu etnto of ureal agllitl ion over I lie passage by tlio general assembly 01 inrtitiu rcnoi laws. They wore espoused by one class .ml opposed by another. The ootilrovor. let springing therefrom wore frequently loug and bitlvr, hiiiI I wo parlies wore Inriuoil Willi III" nunc of llollof millAil-ll-rellof respectively, 'i'liu mailer of I he 'pas.ago ul llio ruliol law got into the courts, and upon a hearing of I ha rmio before Judge Clark, ol the circuit court, ittlng at ivliichoalcr, Ihey were declared unconstitutional Hint void. Tin declaim! by Jmlc Clark crcaloil immense eioiteine ul, ami u llio causo of chsrgoj looking to impeachment bring prclorred against him, anil hi eub-iiioiit arrest. For aotno reason or oilier tho mutter win ' never pushed,. The court ol appeal sin-tallied Judgo Clark's decision, ami llio '.attempt was niaile lit reinovo tlioiu by address. It iciiiircil two-thirds of bnlh branches of the iimicrnl assembly incHect this, and it waa during tlio year 1SJ& i li:it an effort wa mado by llio relief party lo return members enough to olfect it object. This was one ot llio most mcmora ble and exciting political routrovor-ica ' that ever occurred in the (Into of Kentucky, and tlio people feci Iu c-Uecl. to ' tlii day. The relief party failed and the relief law became incli'eclivo. At the August election in lH-.'t (Ion. .los. Deaha, who served in tlio war of 1812 as abtiga-dler-goncral, wits elected gnvcrunr of the Stale, lie resided near Maya Lick, In Mason couuly, and was llio chosen champion of the relief parly, which, ullhough successful at this elect ion, was dclcatcd the following yuar. Such was I ho altua-tiou of affairs when AN AWVtir, TltAOKIlY . occurred, and Increased llio excitement that waa already at (ever heal. Mays hick, llio town rciorrcit to auovo as uio residence ol (iovoruor Dosha, was and is at the tiroscut day.a rery small place. It Is situated twelve miles from Mnysvllle on the Lexington t'lko. (ior. Desha was a magnificent specimen or mo genut no-mo. llo was t ho soul of honor, great In mind and murals, and was In tact a mod' el man and a stalosman. lie resided tin on and was the owner of ono of those splendid blue-grass farms which Ken tucky is noted for. Ilis plantation was locked admirably and tin was llio owner of a great many slaves. Ills social uosi lion aud that of llio wholo family was of the highest order, and his grual popular. Itv extendod throughout the common wealth, llo represented his dis rlct In enugress sevoral tunes, anil uiaiiu a strong . inombor. llo was economical in his habits, and It is related of him that overy time lie went to Washington he would bring a negro homo with him from Virginia, purchased with money derived from his salary. Mombers of Congress III those days went to Washington on horseback, and Governor. Desha would bring tho negro boy behind him all the way from Virginia. It will bo remembered that tho year lH-.'t was the year in which John Quiucy Adams waa olocted to the presidency. The day before the election two boys imined Ball wcrohunting-hogs lu the vicinity of Mays Lick. They saw near tho roatUidii a truck that looked as if a hog had been dragged from the road. They followed the trail aud came upon THE PEAT) lllinv OF A MAN Lying behind a log. Tho boys gave the alarm; a crowd gathered and conveyed the body to tho residence of lien. Win. Hood, who occupied llio position of jus. tico of the peace. A Justice ol the peace was em e verod to hold Impicst, mid as the regular county coroner lived several miles away,' Ueneral liccd had a Jury summoned and held an inquest upon the body. Tho Jury, after collecting . what little evidence they could, returned a verdict that llio doronaed waa an utter stranger to thorn, and that he met his death at 'the hand or hands of parties to tliciu tin-known, ""ho body was then burled. ;This was on Monday. On Sunday some boys were hunting rabbits, and rail one Into a hollow tree near tho lanyard of lsaae Dosha, a son of Governor Desha. This lanyard was situated a milo or so from the Governor's residence, aud upon a part his farm which Isaac was working. In attempting to twist the rabbit out of the tree they drew from I lie hollow a man's shirt, upon which there wore SPOTS OF n LOO II. -They, reported this to llio neighbors, when a search was made and parts of a man's wearing apparel were found in difieront places. Upon tho shirt found by the boya waa written tho name "lla- ker." The people wero becoming more and raoro excited, ami two young men were lout to Ulue Lick to ascertain what they could about any slrauger having been iu tho neighborhood. Tho voting men ascertained from n hotel keeper named Edward Monro iu Ulue Lick that a few days beforo a iniin had stopped at Ills bouse, under the inlliionco of liquor, .arid was riding a litilo grey mare. Tho man boasted lo Monro that hn was a Mississippi planter going to Virginia to buy negroes lor his plantation. In the -crowd tc which the young men related the ciroumstanco waa Dr. Harmon, a brother-lu-law of Isaac Desha. Whoa the youug men spoke of the "l.iTTI.K OllKV mark" Dr. Harmon spoke up and said : "Isaao Desha had a little grey maro a few days ago. I will go and find out whom he .got her." An old man iu the crowd named David Brown said lu a peculiar tone: "1 will go tool" From that mo-ineut suspicion was directed to lsaae De-aba. Ho was at his father-ln-lawa', several mllos away. Four or live meu went to see him aud when they got there they fouud lsaae with the grey mare iu hit possession. He claimed to have bought the mare from a at ranger, but he waa brought back with tho maro to General Meed's when the body of the murdered roan was taken up and a now inquest was held. The vordict of this Jury waa that the evidences pointed strongly to prove Desha as the murderer. About this lime it was discovered that tho murder waa committed or rather that the body was fouud Jnst over tho line In Fleming county, and tho examining trial ' waa accordingly held at Floiningsburg, the eouuty .eat of Fleming county. Hero ha was bound over to appear before the circuit court for trial and bail was refus-' ed. A ehango of venue was granted the defendant to Harrison county, and in March, 1825, (he trial. carao off. Isaao De-aba was louud OOILTV OF MURDER In the first degree One of the strongoit point In the evldenco against Desha came out at llio trial. A parly by .the , name of Doggett kept a country tavern about six mile from May. Lick. Ho teetifled that the morning after Ilia man topped at Moore's he took breakfast at hi. hoose; that lsaae Desha was there and that the man was drinking froely; that ah. man told It there alao that he was a MIssIssIddI planter on his way to Vir ginia to bay negroes, and was still riding llin tamo grey maro. Di gged swore that upou I he man's lei lug Una to Desha the latter olfcrud to pilot him a near way lo a certain point, etc , that the two left Dnguot's together. Judge bhaunoii, be-lore whom llio cit.o was tiled, rime from the Lexington eircuit. llo was a strong relief man, but an upright judge and an able ami learned iurial. A motion waa tiled for a new trial and argued beloro Judge Shannon, who .Her hearli g the motion grai.tcd it. A Iremendoua effort waa nun unite lor unii. A iiiiiiiircu thousand dollars or more w as oll'erod, but Judge Hhauiioii was II nil iu his refusal to allow bail, uo mailer how largo a sum was ollered, THK CASK OA MR ON at the next lerin; it waa lu June. The trial lasted two weeks, and the jury suain bruughl iu a verdict of murder In ilw llrst deuree. I he trial came oil at this time beforo Judgo Henry II. Brown, tho regular judge ul llio Harrison circuit court, llo was also a strong relief man. The defense airalu tiled a million lor now trial, and Ihoir motion was again sucees.lul. After this trial an effort was again made for ball, but Judge llrowu waa as llrm as his iircdeccasors. anil re. fused il. The next court, at which Isaac Desha was In be tried Hie third time, was to convene iu September, but before lime arrived Isaac mado an attempt on his own llle. ami came very near emiiug his life In the Harrison county Jail by cutting Ills Hiroal. Ilis life was saved by the insertion of a silvor tuba In- his windpipe, Ihrnugh which ho ever after. wards breathed. After this attempt the ellort to obtain ball was renewed ami was successful, and Governor Djshe removed Isaac lo his homo In Mason county. At llio Septombor conrt Isaao was unable lo appear, and the mailer went over lo tho March term. At that lima llio defendant appeared, but alter two weeks' ellorl the court was unable to obtain a Jury, aud the caso was again laid ovor. Al llio Juno term another effort was made to obtain a jury, but after a two weeks' aliompt the court was again unsuccessful. At thla point Judge llrowu refused lo coutiuue the ball bond and an order was made RKUANDINC1 ISAAC TO J All,. The case bore assumod a new phase and culminated bolore the parlies to the affair left the court house. Tho reader will bear in mind that from the beiuiiiiig of this momnrablo trial Goo. Joseph Desha, the lathor of the accused, was tho (iovoruor of tho commonwealth of Kentucky, and possessed power all the time In grant a freo and lull pardon lo his sou. Ho positively refused, up lo tho time when Judgo Brown refused lo extend llio bull lu his sun's case, to grain executive clemency to Isaac He was kuowu lo bo a man of unimpeachable Integrity, aud his position was embarrassing in the extreme. But when Judge llrowu refused lo allow further bail ho arose iu the onurt room, his majostio form lowering abnvo all others, a thousand eyes were centered upon the old soldier and statesman, aud In a firm and unwavering volco he addressed llio court. "Il waa, indeed, a dramatic acoue," said an old gentleman to the writer. "I was an eye-wituesa to It, and although 1 am now over Ihroe-scorc-aud-ton, I have nover since witnossed anything lo equal it. Ah! when I call it to mind It senilis a if It htppeued only yesterday. Yet il Is over fifty years ago. I eau see them all uow. Thoro sits the judgo with firmness and declslnii written upon his fine face. There is tho clerk nt his desk who has paused in his duties as tho stentorian voice of llio old hero rings nut in tho crowdod room. There sit tho lawyers watching with curious eyes llio movements ol tho great soldier, great statesman, great governor and grout man. A T1I0USANII EMOTIONS wero in his bosom contending for supremacy, but not a tremor was noted in his voice, not a wrinkle disturbed his massivo brow as lio addressed the cotirl." Judge Brown hold his position bv virtue of an appoiultuenl from Gov. Desha. Tho Governor said : MI nm nliiittt lo lo nil art which I have heretofore llimigrlil iiiMicui, no tiiliiuiiil eoiilil foreu mo lo flo. You, sir, notwillistiiiiiliiiir you tuive lieea Hie reclpl. i.i .,r fniiii'4 rrom mo lion mill imnlu. lnivo seen III to imrsuti a I'ourse Unit ilcc iihiil mu in Hie action I am nUoul lo take. Notliinir else uuiler heaven eoulil tisvn mnile nlc il it, lint rullicr limn see mv unfor liuititii son, who is Hlrornly broken tit lieiillh, tuoiln eiitcru iirison eell, 1 now everriso llio power vourli-safeil to me nmler tint eoiHlilutiou ol KrniitiiiK him a luinlon tor tliu onouso of whirl! In) is uhiiraiul." "You could have heard a pin drop. remarked tho old gentleman. "I do nut believe a breath was drawn while tho grand old mail was speaking, and when he lluished Ihoso present count scarcely ruallzo that tho governor, in the few words ho had uttered, had euded the great trial, and that Isaac Desha was as free as any man in the court room." We presume il ine pages oi History wero soarchod, no vase similar to this one could be found. Isaac Dosha, beforo tho tragedy here recorded, waa an ex- remeiy popular man. lie oeiougeu io ono of the wealthiest and most respecta ble families lu the biato or Koniurny, yet no miitlvo was ovor suggested for the murder except robbery. The defense claimed throughout that ho was innocent, aud went upon the theory that the young men named nail, who first discovered tho botly, wero tho guilty par ties. Isaac, It win bo seen rrom tno testimony, was convicted upon CIRCUMSTANCIAL EVIDENCE alone. It soeins to have been positive In lis character, vet may it not have been one of ihoso strange cases wherein ovl-dciico seems not lo have boon wauling In any particular, where tho wholo chain appeara t be eomplele, yet where the accused was itiuoconi oi ino crime. i was proven on the trial that tho murder ed man's name waa Baker, that he was not a Mississippi iilanlor as he had claim ed to be, but that he waa a printer aud a school-leachor, and he was going to Virginia to get married. He bad only six- ly-iivo noiiars in money, ana wnoever killed him never got that, as it was fouud iu his watch pocket after the body was discovered. Thoro were engaged on both sides of tho case .nine of THE ABLEST LEG A I. MINTIH In the commonwealth. Major Wm. K. Wall of Cyiilhiana, the eouuty scat of Harrison county, was prosecuting aitor-nov of that circuit at the llmo. lie waa thou a rising youug lawyer and lu prose-cutiug this case his great power aa au advocate was developed, and hi. reputa tion as a lawyor of emloence was nrmiy established. Ho was assisted by Marliu P. Marshall, the prosocutlug attorney of the Fleming distriot. Marshall was a son of Alex. Marshall of Mason county. He nroseculed Isaao Desha bofora the examining court in Fleming oounty, aud made a strong apoecn against me accused. A few minute, after making his peach he was attacked in a violent man- uer by Marcus Desna, a urom.r oi isaac, aud SEVERAL BLOWS wore exebaugod. menus miervenea and matters wore quieted down, but that difficulty is said to have beeu the cause of Marshall following the case to Harrison comity, lie was or me oiu Marshall slock hi Kentucky, being closo-ly relaled to Thomas F. Marshall, Hum phrey Marshall and Judgo Thomas A. Marshall. Like all of the Marshalls, he was a man of transcenJent ability. The attornoys for Hie defense were ltowau, ol Bardstown, Nelson oounty, Wm. T. Harry of rranklort. and Col. William Brown, of Harrison. The name, ol these legal giants are familiar to everyone who has paid any attention fo the history of rientncKy. sjoi. wm. nrowu. a orotnor nt Jilflim H enev ft Itrnain 'rhn Itt SI Judge la the caso some years after the events rocoroea aoove, moveu io oanga- mon eouuty. 111., where ho died. . Dr. Lloyd Brown, uow. a prominent banker and planter nf Jai k-onrille, Mi. nols, is his sou, and Hon. William llrowu aud James A. Drown, prominent attorney sot Ihoshiue place, aic his grand sous. Judgo Yusliiiiglun AiUuia, of Missouri MAIIRIKP A IIAl'dllTKIt of Col. Brown. Frank Houston, K-o., of rii'ilalia. Mo., rx-proseeiillng attorney ol J f (, ,..,,,.;,.,', u,lyer. 6ho i," ,, I'oltls county, illumed a Miami 'daughter dauiihler of Klisha tlrnwu, dereaed, for merly a prominent banker Hi rieiiaita, Mn. Hon. Wm. llrowu nod James A. llrowu above referred lo are brothers id Mra. Iloiislon. The lamily ol Col. Brown, it seem, have kept up the family name, for they nro well and lavornbly known throughout llio Slates of Kentucky. Illinois ami Missouri. Ilo'wau. Die celebrated criminal lawyer is said lo have remarked after the matter was seltled that there was ONE I'OI.NT IN THK kVlllKM'K that he could never master. That was the spectre of the grey mare arising he-fore Ills faro whenever hn attempted In break Hits chain. Do what he might, he aald be never could lliluk of any way to overcome thai onion ol the leslimmiy. Alter Hie pardon of Iwne Desha he left Kentucky and went In Texas. Of his subsequent career litilo is known. It was reported several years ago Ihal ho was seru In llio Stale,' hut accnuiitsdiU'er concerning iiiiu, some parties claiming that he ha been dead for many years. If living ho would be over seveniy fire years of ago, as he waa twenty-five when llio tragedy occurred. Whorover lie wool MEMORIES 0F THE PABT certaluly followed him quick and fast, for no man, we are coulldrut, ever went out Into the wide world to revel amid new aceuea, possessing a more traglral history. All of this was In the long ago. Over a half century has passed away since Hie scenes and incidents herein recorded wcro enacted, yet there are still many persona living, especially in Kentucky aud Missouri, who vividly remember them and speak of the tragedy as the moat wonderful event occurring in heir long experience. Hex. THAT SEDITIOUS ARTICLE. Tho Words for which Grant's Administration Propose to Indiot Don Piatt. Tho following sharp and culling editorial upon iho Supreme Court of Iho U.S., the Klecloral Commission and the i'residciil, la from she poll of Don I'iatt, the editor of lbs Washington Capitol, published at Washington City, for which he has beou indicted, arested and put uu- dor boud : The aickening apprehension felt by tho people, to which we referred last wock, that the Supremo Court would bo found as rotten as Iho other powers of our unhappy Government, has been realized. Tho swift decay that in the last tcu years has made our self-government a sham and a mockery, and iu llio Exccu-live and Legislative bratichea shamed us boforo tho world, has been silently working its way through llio Judiciary, until now, iu lis llrst trial, it offends with its stench llio nostrils of all honest citizens. The appeal made to Hie Judges of tho Supremo Court from the people sorely distressed and perplexed, was to save I hem from the wicked conspiracy of men thoy had repudiated at tho polls. Tiny saw their faithless agents for years rob bing tho Treasury of their hard-earned taxes. They saw their highest olllcials indicted for llio meanest crimes. They saw a l'resldeut coarse, briilnl and ignor ant, mid appointing sycophantic pimps to the highest positions. They saw him the assoeiale oi roughs and tho commis sioner of thoivos. They sawcarpet-luggers, sustained by bayonets, manipula ting Iho polls, mat ignoraucu ami rascality mil; lit (yranizo over the South. They saw ltiugs organized iu llio lobby control their Congress. They saw huge monopolies cicatcd hy Ihmr Uovorntueiit eating out their subslaiice. They saw themselves reduced to want, iraito paralyzed, and labor without employment, aud thoy mado a desperate effort In right their wrongs lln'ouiih Uio halkt, Willi a subsidized press against Iheni, with au army of hungry olllnc-holdcra that-counting those ol llio general (iov-eminent with iliose of tho Biales made a hordo of Treasnry-ealers greater than any standing army in Kurope; with all tho accumulated capital In Iho hands of monopolies arrayed on Iho siilo ot their on pressors, I hey liinilo ono despairing effort, and came up from to polls with u majority of over a half million In I heir behalf. And of what avail ? Through a dishonest Koturiiiiig Board, mado up of criminals who have escaped conviction and punishment under the protecting arm of a corrupt government, enough vole are thrown out to render all Ihelr effort, vain, and saddle upon them the old corruption and the old horde for au-ol nor term of years, perhaps foreror. From this, appeal was taken lo f!vo Justices of Ihc Supremo Court. Fur that no more and no less, was thccoiiimissinn created. It was believed that by such process the question at issue, being a charge of conspiracy against corrupt men, could be lifted from the political arena to a tribunal of high-toned, impartial Judges, who would deoldo iu accordance with law and Justloo. To tho amazement aud disgust ol all thoughtful minds, these Justices divided, as the partisans list), on a political line; and three Itidopondont old men Joined with the enemies of the people In fixing corruption upon us, and destroying all conlldenco In Iho very foundation of onr political structure the ballot. Thoy deoldo that fraud does not vitiate, and beyond this thai they have noihiug to decide, aud io seud lbs question lo the people. We have unt the patience lo arguo what the people, In Ihelr broad common sense, will not consider the fluo-spun legal technicalities under, which thcao aged scoundrels seek lo hide their shamo. Their real brief Is to bo fouud in tho utterance of one of their commission, James A. Oarfleld, who said boast-iugly, "You'll hnvo lo grin and bear It. We hold the cards aud intend to play them." Poor political gambler! Tho takes for which lie play, are tho rights of 40,000,000 of people, tho pcaco and prosperity of Iho only republic known to humanity. For all that froomen hold most dear, Ihoso hands, stained with plunder, gamble as the soldlors of Pilate severed in derision the garment oi tho Crucilled Christ. A. we .aid a week alnce t "This is not law, it is revolution; and If the people lamely submit, we may bid a long farewell to constitutional Government. Fraud no longer vitiates. A corrupt Administration ha. only by it. bayonets lo hold a Stale usurpation long euough In power for a corrupt He-turning Board to do il. vilu task, aud tho work Is done. If a man thus returned to power can ride in safety from tho Executive Mansion to tho Capilol to be inaugurated, we are fitted for the slavery that will follow the Inauguration." We do not believe Iho people of the United States are of this serrilo sort. Wo do not boliovo that they are prepared without a blow lo part with Ihoir hard-earned, blood. stained possessions. Notice is uow served on the citizens of Louisiana aud Soulh Carolina that thoy must care for ihomsclres. How soon lamp posts will bear fruit Is for them to say. To the people of tho North and West notice is given that all Hie toil lo which they are subjectod that bondholders and monopolist may fation secure, is repaid by no security for their rights, and that a shrinkage of values i. now in order. Itinera is law for fraud there is reason for vlolonce, aud to that wo make our last appeal. . . Scieuce is tho natural, ally of religion. MAJOR GEO. BAUOBMAN, TUB MONTGOMERY COUNTY HERMIT. From Itrvaa uud Unie's History nf the Pioneer I amities of Mi.soHl l.l III a lonely, ilcaiilatn hillside, a short ili!aiico I ioiii Danville, llicie lives a sin gular being known as tho Montgomery j eniiuty heruiil. Ilis ptaeo of abode is in j n small cavern, fnrmed by a shelving rnrk iu Hie sido of tho hill, on one side id which he has btiill.a wall ol alone and J lor j ed a rough doorvrny, w hirli is closed uy sumo unanis clumsily lasieueii together. The sides id the cave are smoky and du ly, and a more gloomy, deaola'.o placo eoulil hardly bo fouud. Hero Ibis singular liniu hits resided since about lui'i, ineuty-lmir years, and he will doubtless remain iliero i mil death removes him lo a iikiio pleasant hnhilallnii. He subsists upon charily, public and private, and Ihe trulls nl ins gun ami Il-hlngi lacklo. lie also raises a small crop ol com each year, ami has a lew peach trees near his cave, which yield liim a small amount of that delicious fruit eaeii season, ilia gun is of the limit antique pattern, long and ungainly, like himself, aud show. th. effect, of n;ro and constant use, bolug held together by numerous si rings aud bauds, lie dresses In a style peculiar lo himself. Ills shoes nie composed of rough leather tied Willi strings to a sole composed of a Lirco ol clapboard; he discard, socks en tlrclv. lu the side of the hill near hi. den he has dui! I wo large wells, twenly-uve or thirty feel deep, iu nuest nf golden treasures which no imagiiioa are uiu mere. The grualrt portion of the excavation, has been made through (olid rock, without the aid or powtior or blasting- tools, and ho has carriod Ihe debrit to Ihe ton in his pockets and shirt bosom, ascendlug and descending by means of a ladder of mo tnoai primitive construction, ttomo Idea, therefore, may be formed of the patience and perseverance that havebeon euiidnpcd In the prosecution of his work. We havo obtained a history of this sin gular person, wmcn we present oeiow, aud from II may be gleaned Iho cause ol his hallucination and peculiar mode of uio. Henry Baughinaii, Hie grandfather of the subject of Ibis sketch, wa. a uative ol Holland, but desiring lo boiler his prospects in llle, he canie to America, and seltled in 1'oniisylvanla. When Ihe rcvolull mary war began he enlisted In tho American army and served his adop ted country during II. struggle for Independence. Afler llio closo of Iho war ho removed lo Stark county, Ohio, where ho seltled and lived. He had a eon named licorge. wl.o married Mary Mclutiro, and sottled lu Carroll comity, Ohio. Thoy had leu children, via : Jacob, Joseph, Ktnauucl, William, James, Henry, (icorge, I'olly, Esther, and ltachel. (jourge was bom December 3, 1814, and is now nearly 62 years of age. He received a good coiumun school education, having attended the ptiiiiic sellouts in the vicinity of his father's houso during the wittier months Irom the time he was eight years old until ho was ucaily grown. lu 1K1U ho came to St. Louis, Mo , where ho remained one month, and then went lo Washlugluii county, Illinois. aud set I led on 80 acres of land Ihal his father had given him, llo remained thoro until 1817, when ho traded his farm for one In Christian couuly, Mo., whore be settled ami resided live yeais. At tho end of ihnl time he paid a visit lo his falher In Ohio, remaining only a short time. Ho then purchased a earl aud a yoke of oxen, and accompanied hy his little ucphew, started on his return to Missouri. His route lay through Montgomery county, and he ramped one night nl Loulre Lick, where ho lost one of Ids oxen, and spent it month iu looking for him, without success. In Hie meantime his iniuil became tic-ranged on the subject of gold, and ho loaded nl the phicn where ho has siuco lived, anil began to dig for hidden treasure. His nephew remained Willi him several years, hut being in destitute circumstances ho was Dually soul liumn by some of the cilicns nl Hie community. Il iugluii in says Unit many years ago the l'Ycuch concealed largo quantities ol gold when lie lias dug Ills nulls; that ho has now found Iho treasure and is walling lor France lo send an army to sla .d guard while hn lakes it out. Ho declares Unit lie bus written several let tors to the joss ' 1 'tin's in regard to tho mailer, and Ihitiks Iho army w ill bo hero soon, lie will eonvcr-o in a perfectly sauo manner nil ilny subject except that of gold, hut Ihe moment Hint is moiilioiietl he forgets everything else aud will talk about nothing hut hi hidden treasures. lie has an old horso with which hecul-livnles a siindl pnich ol government land, ami Ihe (,'oiiniy Court appropriates $35 a year to his support. This money Is placed in Ihe hands ol Mr. Dock Graham, who expends il lo Iho best advantage, and in such a way that Ilaughinan imagines he earns il, tor If he had the .lightest Intimation tual it was a public charily ho would not accept It under any circumstances. He catches fish and shoots squirrels, rabbits, turkoys aud other game, which he sells or trades for groceries and oilier necessary arllclos; so that ho does not stiller for somolhlng to subsist upon, Mr. (lraham and oilier citizens of Ihe vicinity extend a holplng hand lo him when ho needs assistance, and are careful that ho docs not suffcrfor anything, llo grinds his meal on a mill of his own construction, aud doo. his own cooking and washing though from his usual appearance one might infer II..I h.JU....IIUl..f Ik. I.I l.a II. I. a gentleman iu his manners, qulel and Inoffensive, and his cave Is often visited by children, of whom he I. quite fond, llo is liked and respected by the people ot Ihe vicinily, who are careful not lo offend him or wound his feelings by mak ing light of his singular halieli.atlonsnd modo nf living; and notwithstanding hit seclusion and eccentricities he will be sincerely mourned when tho baud ol death is laid upon him. A Historical Pair of Solssors. Among the relict loaned to the Old South Exhibition by the town of Coucovd are a pair of scissors, of which tbo following Interesting slory la told : A youug English staff officer was frequently sent to Concord to the house ot Col, James Barrett, on business connocted with tho Commissary Department, and, while waiting for a reply, would amuse himsolfby talking loyally with James Barren', oldest daughter, Milllcent, lo hear hor rebel replica, lie asked her what they should do II it became necessary for tho colonies to resist, a. there was not a person that even know how to mafco cartridges. She replied that they would use Ihoir powder-noru. and bullets just as they shot bear.. "That," said Iho youug man, "would be barbarous. Give me a piece of pine and I will show you how." Alter whittling the slick lo Ihe proper form, be took Ibeso scissors and cut tlio paper for the pattern cartridge. Tho sequel show, now apt a scholar sho was, for all the cartrdg-os wcro mado under her sitperlntondenco by the women of Concord, her only malo assistant being her younger brother, Ihe late Major James Barren, who drove Ihe last load nf cartridges from Ihe houso afler tho British camo in sight, on tho 19th of April, 1775. There Is also on exhibition a hymn book, whloli was given bv one of tho prisoners Inken from tho British brig Boxer, In Iho fight with tho Enterprise, nf Portland, to tho Sheriff whn'hronght him to Bostou for oxohaug o. liotton I'ntl. The moral conscience Is truly a primi tive faculty; ia a particular manner of reeling wmcn corresponds io me good, ness of moral actions, as taste I. a msn tier ol feeling which corresponds beau ty. Love may immolate error. for the Tr.lKoa ml. Our Trip to the Court House, n v oni: OF THE tllltt.s). Ones lllxin a rnM nisht dreary, the "Sciniuolss1 ualL...I oiiitH tv.'nL tli.l It i.n, v Uler iiiitnv n roek tliAt Ir.l them lo pit rourt'honss ilo.ir While ili.y wrre enfsxeil In talking-, suddenly was iiesnl s UfilLtug, As of some one griill)' walking-, wntking in Iho court ,i,ii,. uoor, "I'l. some hoys," I inulleretl, "Hiking Jnst oulslds lh iloor linly this, ntul noltilnx mors.' Ah. ililinrtlr I reinemher, (ihotich 11 wasu'l hlsak liei-emlu'r.) Hon: Hi lesr" Centennial pictures wrought Ibeir iim'iii s on ine wnii. Kngerlv we w i.lie.1 (or more, vainly though, they'd And mr liniilnes must Had a fall, for ws, the boys, slioulil.ee no inula. Itnl the lAlkintT nt Hut liors Ihsl snt lishl us Thrilled me, llltml ma Willi taslasiio terror aim ! Seihai now, io aim the beating of my heart, I stood leu li'tol'S ri'iiestliuf. "Pr. Hilliiismy cousin ihal alls ly ms atar ths door. And tins ruuslii asks nermlssioa lo sea me to Ihe . . This he wants, and Bulbing asorf ." Then the Dr-v-soul grew stronger, BsMilatlng now no lo,oM-r. 'Miss," suid he, "your cousin shall bo showa outside You shall not' go wslklug, anil so gsnUy to hint talk Inar. I, myself, will tako you walking, walking to Uis eolli-gp door; Tla against my rulea tor him to" bam he opened wide Ihe door; Itainlng there, and nothing more. Thea Into the rourt-house turning, all his soul within him bnrnine. Hoou again lie henrd us talking, aomewhat loader Mau uviurr. "Bundy," uuuth ihe eludente, "aurrly you will let m gel umlirellss, Lei us, Hoctor, we entreat you, see Ihem to ths col leere door Lai our hearts be still a moment, while ws takalbem to the uoor This we ask, and aothing mors. Then the Dortor standing lonely in the eourl-houss door, spoke only These few wonts, as If bis soul iu theas lew wonla he did oullKini ; HYou may go and get umbrtllaa, everlasting, loaslng fellows." Though Uie Dortor more Ibsn tnuttsred, "Oh, thai rain would come no luorc To the doorway yon ran take them, as other boya date uuim urii'rv Take them there, andsin no more.' Oul in the darkness sulking, went the Doctor, still a lalkimr. And we soon saw he was walking aomewhat faater innn ul ht , Vol the least attention paid he not s minute stop. ped orstsyed lis. Hat with hurrying footsteps went he, 'till he resched the college door, Then sat upon Ihe damp veranda, with the lamplight gloatiug o'er, tint and waited, nothing more. Mow the "Heminolca" walking slowly uowewaru aud Ulklng lowly Mule thought that lliev ehould "catch II" when they reached the college door "There!" the Honor shrieked, npslsrllng, "Ihla la now the hour of parting ; (let thee back lulu the tempest and the uight'a llu Ionian shore ! Full twelve minutes and a half I've been here sluing Just outside the door! 'TIs llio way you alwn)ado me; wllhlhe boya you go no more." Quotli Hie Doctor, nevermore! ADVICE ANd"aDVI8ERS. it y wm. s. ri.uMurt, n. n. Sometimes by ad vice wo mean a mere suggestion, a hint dropped; sometimes we mean information imparted, amounting In Instruction; but eomiu.nly wo mean counsel given In a somewhat formal or earnest manner. Of .11 man's duties to his fellows, nono il more weighty than Imparling advice, it Is feared ihal maiiv give counsel with out much reflection, and with very litilo souse of responsibility. It is dotio Iu evasion. It is commonly admittod that great undei tiikiiiL's should be preceded by seek ing all tho information ami all Iho advice attainable, "Willi good advice make war," said tlio wisest of mere meu. And a greater liniu rtolomou urgrti llio sumo thing lu more than one form. it is only wilit Ihe well-advised that We Hud wisdom, lu Iho midst of coun sellors there is comparative safety. It is only Ihe rash and risky that go torward without a weii-cousiiiereii plan, vt iters no counsel Is, the people full. Without counsel, purposes aro tlissapoiuted. In fuel, every purposj la cstaiilislioil by counsel. Thero have been some wonderful coun sellors lu lie; world. Job was ono of them. Unto him men guvo car, and waited ami kept silence at hia counsel. Afler his words Hiey upoko not again: and I hoy wailed lor him ns for Iho rain. Joseph was another. Ho always brought a blessing Willi him. Ahilhuphol waa such an adviser. His counsel was so sagacious dial it was mil a nun had lu-ij uired at Iho oracle of find, Talleyrand, Cavonr, and ilisinark havo been among the wisest of men in our day. Tho wisost aud best of human advisers except in Iho caso of children and of Hi i feeble-minded, do not so much tell you nrocisclv what, lo do, but they rather give you Iho prliiolplos of a correot decision, and lcavo you lo apply Ihem yourself. This was remarkably true of the lale Dr. Archibald Alexander, who was olio of iho wisest counsellors. When counsel Is given by God, It ha. all the force and auihoriiy of a divine command, uoraiisu u comes irom intiuiio love, truth anil wl.dom. The authority of parents and others set over ns, justly gives weight to their advice. 11 is ine error oi some mat uy tuoir ait-vlco they really mean law, from which you must not vary. They count you a fool if you do not see as thoy do. The rlir lit wav is to tunicate our convictions. and Iheu encourage others to weigh the hole matter, and judgo lor themselves. Use advice If it is good. Be thankful for all good advice pertinently given. One of tho most oomtiion errors in giving advice is that it is hasty and not well weighed. I have known a man to otter an opinion beloro the cue was half started. "He that answerolh a matter before he hearcth It, It is folly and shamo unto mm." As a sencral thing old men are better adviser, than young ones; but soino old 0,.ll apo yery muiieiij wmhu suiuu yuung men display great disorollou. The rule is general, not universal. It is never safe for us lo take counsel of auy of our passions, envy, pride, van ity, covetousness, or i ne hkc. jt evil uulhiug but evil can come. Que of the ladest sights I. toeii when we soe a man falling by 1 1 a own oouutols and yet persisting iu Ihem. By little and little he sinks lower and lower till bla ruin Is complete. Uou is the nasi oi counsellors, neoK unto hi in. Tho moek will he guide in udgoment, His counsel, are of old, althfulnoss ant) truth, llo Is wonderful in counsol as he is oxcollent in working. He is groat in oouusol and mighty lu work. God has mado his Son the great Counsellor and Advocate of hi. church. Iu him are hid all tho treasures of wisdom and knowledvo. No ono else in the same seuso and to the same degree as himself has the Spirit or wisdom ana unucrstanu-lug, Ihe spirit ul counsel and might, the spirit of k uowledge and of the fear of the Lord. Himself says: "Counsol Is mine aud wisdom; I am understanding; 1 have strength." O that man would hear his volco : VI counsel Ihoo to buy of mo gold tried in tho lire, thai thou mayest be rialii and whilo raimonl, that thou mayest bo clothed, and that the shamo of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eye. with eyo-salve, that Ihou mayest see," Tho hope of Divine guidance Is the Greatest solsco in our trials and perplex-lies. So thought poor Asaph in the day. of hi. conllict i "Thou shall guide mo with thy counsel, and allerwarda ro-ceivo mo to glory." Pa. Ixxlii. 31. How bewildered and lost every one is when God forsakes him, Nor cau men do a more perilous thing than to rebel against tho words of God, and contemn the counsel of the Most High. 8uch a courao I. warring again.! God. Shall a worm dare to fight against omnipotence ?. Who hath hardened himself against God aud piospered ? . Inlton f clcgva.plj. Established in 18S9. Oi.n Semes Vol. xixvii. Published Evory Friday by Tohn .13. "Williams. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Onecopy one year, in advance,.. . 00 (9 Siuglo copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, live cent. each. DR. M. YATES OFFKBS his professional services to Iho elllzens of f iiliiui and vicinity. urni-n uver n right's lirug store, front rouui. wnere ne may oo mum! uay or iilgli unless professionally absent. January 6, 1N77. l7-3m. (IO TO BOB HUDIUALL'S IS vTILLIAMflBI'BO.lMO., And look at Ihoso 40 Saddle from til totl). lstdox. Horse Collar, from T5c. io aja uu. 10 set. Double Harness, $30 to MO i inch full Tug Harness, JA.OO. Also Chains, Hamcs, Bridles, Halters. Currycombs, Whips and everything else In my line In proportion. Give Me January H, 1877. Call. (S-Sin.) DEIST TIS TRY. DR. J. W. PLIMMFR, SURGEON DENTIST, HAS permanently located at Pulton, Mo., and la nrenarod in ln n,ifill l.. ,1... lilie Of Ills lirofeiulon In till. Ileal, m.itinn. Special attention given to tho preservation of the natural teeth Ulilee, Kast of Public Sotinre, Nov. 17, 187(1. I-T.in.l I. A. CUE WH, Notary Public and Conveyancer. SPECIAf, attention given to the writing of Deeds, Mortgages, Jtc. imicc iu mv louri House, 1- niton, Mo. May ill, 1870. iMf. EO. H. ARTIII It, ATTORNEY AT I..AW COLLECTING AGENT, FULTON, JHIMSOIIII. NOTES anil Accounts promptly collected for a reasonable commission. No charges until collections are made. Omci-111 old lliink hnllilinir in. rnn... V.. I ' "' " " May 13. 1870. 2fi-tr.l JAMES II. SIVEI.L,, ATTORNE Y-AT-L AW, Ft'LTON, INIgaoi'Ill. Okpicr fPor tho nresentl nt tlm r'niin.D.. County Savings Hunk. Aiit.v is), IK7U. 27-tf. jou.y a. nncKsDAV. i,. j.. it.tn.Ki-. HOCKADAV & BAILEY, Attorneys anfl Conta al law, FI'I.TOX, MISSOURI, WlfX practice In the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and trill give prompt attention to till business entrusted to their care. January , 1 875. (9-1 f.) Is. W. McUI..F.v7 ATTORNE Y-AT-L A W, Fl)I.TO, MISSOURI, PltACTICESIn tho Courts of Callaway and adjoining oountles. Office-Up stairs In the Court Houso, January 10, 1S74. (2t)-tf.) Or. GJ-. r. llooteg, DENTIST. 19 now fully prepared to perform all Dental operations iu tho host anJ most scleullflc manner. All work warranted. Omen Over old Bank, Court street. Pulton, Mo. January A, 1377. 7 ly JNO.A. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON, MO. WILL praotloeln Callaway and adjoining counties. Urrioi In the Court House. January 3, 1874. 8-ly.l Tom Watson's SMOKE HOUSE ! T8 now thrown open to visitors of all Nn- .. iionaiuias, uoin male ami rcmnle, The only placo In the Kingdom, whero LOVEES OF THS WEED Can Ind kept exclusively on hand every variety ol PIPES and CIGARS, Eking and Smoking Iota. December 1,1870. 13-tf.l CALLAWAY COUNTY Savings Bank, EDWIN CURD, President, WM. T. RNEIX Cashier, H1HKCTOII8 ! T. M. TITCKER. A. WILKKU80N, J. A. HOCKADAV, WM.IIAKRISON, T. B. N USUI?, 8. L. DEDMAN, P. K. CHAITKLL. T1TILL do a General Rankin? and Ex- V V change Business. Collection, and Re mittances promptly made, January o, ion. is-iy-l Hides, Pelts, Furs, &c. WE will pay thehlghest market price, In cash, for all kinds or Hides, Hhrcp Pelts, Furs, 4c. Ofllc on Columbia street. MAVFIKLU& CI11IIST. December 8, 1870. 4- tf. READ THIS CARD. THE firm of Watson t Bro. dissolved on February 1. 1877. All person, knowing themselves Indebted to Watson A Bro. will please cad and settle. I am authorised to aettlo all business for the Arm. J. SAM. WATSON. February 10. 1877. 18-4w. ROBERT S. AI.EXlNllHlt nitl'IIKIKNlS CROW, IIIRCADIXE 4 fO., Impnrtt'M ftlnl .fobbcM ot TTTS OOODQ. SHI. MS and rsyj North dth Street. This Is the oldest and best ry Hoods house In St. Louis, Mo. April 7, 1S7H. l21-1y- COFFINH, At Reduced Prices ! ClOMK one, come all. and examine my stock of Upholstery (iooils, Tarlor Seta, Furniture el ill Mfk:, Of tho latest and best styles III the market. Bedding aud a Variety of Bed gprluka. Itosewood, Walnut aud Melalle BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS On hand and made toonh-r at lowest figures. iienry BAreii, Httreessorto tVin.Judr. corner Nichols A Droadwar. opposite Ullhnrt A Tureuian's Tolmreo Viieturw Kullon, Mo, August V, ls;ti. (tl-Cm.l New Lumber Yard G. AUERSWALD, PKAI.RR IK a Lumber, Sash, Doors, Shingles, Mouldings, &c., At Quick Sales and Small Prodis. His Stock Cannot be Surpassed, flive taint a Tall nnd Uet His Cash Prices. HIS .timber Yard Is Immediately sooth of llierrles' store, at the old livery stable. Hn returns thanks for past patronage and solicits an extension of the sinne to his old customers and to new ones who inny call during the year. iianiinry n, 1.1, ,. (.h-ii.j Riley Sartor & Co., Successors to .Tames Wilson. WR have nt our l.umlter Vnrit. on Nkli-oU street, JiHt south nl' i'ol.imhljiritret I a largo and extra line Mock ol 3L.XJ jVIE Shingles, l.nllis, Doois, Snsli, nnd everything appertaining to a first class Lumber arJ. Mo desire the cilieus of Fulton nnd f'allawav county to call on us. mid examine our stork and get cash prices. REPAIRING. In connection with onr Lumber Yard we bavea Wood Shop, wlierewe repair Wagons, Buggies, &e., nnd make I'lnws. loir lor cash. Hii.r.i PAiiii'if k w. January 21, 1S70. ( 10-1 .) JOHN T.BROWN, DKAI.KR IN FresliDrnjTs.MciliciDcs and Cteicalu, Policy and Toilet Articles, Spongoa, Bi'ushoa, Perfumery, &o., FULTON, MO. TnVSI('fA!(3' iMHCSCIMPTlONS Care- X lu iillv conimiundcn. .laniiary 7, 1877. is-ly.l n .t. xA.rrrris:iirSoiv. -AND- Confectioner Comer Asylum and Nlcholsstreet, KtTLTON, MIHHOURI. RETURN INO thanks for past favors and respectfully request a continuance of the same, 1 desire to remind my friends and the public generally Hint I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock nf Oonfeotlons, Also, always on hand, Fresn Bread Xl.-u.8ls. Pies And a good assortment ot CAKE. Ordersfor Weddings ib! Farilrs So llcltrl March?, 1870. (10-tf.) SECOND STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER I ILLI1TEE Just Received! Mrs. B. Williams, FULTON, MO., mrs on band a ma stock or HATS, BONNETS Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, Silks, VELVETS, CHIGNONS PLATS, SWITCHES, And everything usually kept In a M Bui Mfej Ste. KU III II sstMsier ti.g., FULTON. MO. A THOROUGHLY Cellule DtpailMt CLASSICAL COl'RSE same as first clasa Colleges. SC1KNT1KIO CI it) ft.HK omits Omsk, but liieliidi-B Higher Mathematics and Latin, or the .Modern Languages. ATllOltorOH Preparatory English School, lining young men aud boya lor business, or college or teaching. Iruilt .Morality, Training, Economy and " llralth, this Institution offer, special luihiceuienls. E TsXI'KNSFtsas Low In all Department, ns atiy llrst class College. SONS of Ministers and all stndent. for tba Ministry rewind FUKK ol tuition. ALL Youug Mra of good character and proinliinir Intellect, unable to pay tuition, arc received KIIKK. ftoard In town, Including lodging, fuel, etc.. per nock J3 to 3 M Hoard in country S la) Hoard In College House, under Ihe care ol' au excellent family, per week f 00 The next session opens (September 11th lliii, For Catalogae, apply to m. n. risiiEn, Or Tnor. J.vo. II. Scott, Fl'LTON. MO. .Tilly 21, 1S75. I3u.tr.) THE FULTON m JL slnn nl this College will open The healing nparnttis lias been entl.etr renovated audehungeil during vacation and llius lor stores erected at large eXsel,se. 1TIS3 STELLA E, GAEEETSON ll:is ,een annninted teacher of Malhrniallca and Vice Principal. She brings Ihe highest Icsilin'inials of her powers ef discipline and c.'ipiu iiy lo leach. PROP. E. C. McOEE WhotiiiiL'ht for the Principal In Bellewood Seniiiinry. Ky.,'ind has since taught In soma of ihe lending public and private schools ol Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri, will have spcciul charge nl the younger pupils, be sides nssi-tiug in other department, lla tvlil take n class of small buys, under twelve vears ol nge. to eilucato with the son. of the I'lluelpal. who will be kept separate from he girls in study hours. MES. EU1TEAE ana MISS OEANT Will reserve their places. FEOF. SHEDS Will give lemons 1 11 (iormnn and French and ItiMniniciitiil Mnslr to uch preft-r a jrea 1 1 I'm mi tmrhor. llo Unjrtit thaw brauchet tor Ifiur cur lu Walnut UIU Scinlnnry, nrtr Lexington, Ky., iimlr earn of Dr. bulloclit oiii'M the niuhi )0ularfcniMleitchouUs1t.(ru lucky err li.-ul. Tulilon In rri'jmrntorjr lViartinrnt, 10 ntODliii..fa73 iintTiiti'iitnis' iTi'.-iriiurm, . llitliti-i-iaMi ItiCkiJU-giaiuilejirirtment'1 fm r;ri':it cure will ho taken to have none but hontitt covtpftcnt employees In boanliiijr de putimcnt. PuplM fro m a tllatnnce will b expccte'l to ItoHid In tho Collcee unlcM thef Uhxc ri'lnt I vpa or special (rlcnci In the city to liavo iho rhnrgo of tht'tti. For I'ntulnutii'f lutti other Information Applvto W .W. 1111. I Fret. August 11,1670. (3U.tf.) HTC. ROBINSON. W110LESAl.il PIlLta IN COAL OIL., IL E&ir, T: ul M, LOUISIANA, MO. WC WILL SELL COAX Oil. To the merchants of Fulton and neighbor, hoi-lug towns at St. I.ouis prices, saving freight from St. I.ouis. and as no barrels are tilled mull orders are received, I consequently HAVE ALL EVAPORATION, And guarantee full barrels. January 6, 1877. (T-3ra.) GO TO Godfrey's Gallery WllEIiK PHOTOGR ArilS are made eou.l II to any In North Alltsourl, and the aiost beautiful PORCLAIN PICTURES. OEMS As rheanand good aa they can be had anywhere, A lew copies of ?:;:i;;?,a:i nnmi csmcatei, Will on band. Special pain' taken with Children; and in copying, GALLERY Over J. T. BrowaVa Drug Store. . January ft, 1S77. JO-tf.1 R W. MAIN, r and Jeveler, At Wilkerson's Hardware Sure, FULTON, MIMOVai, KEEPS constantly on hand a well M lected stock of Watches, Clocks, Vfatchesi, Clock, and Jewelry rails. fully, repaired and . - ... WA.TMtA.rrrr:i. - January 5, 1&7T. - &T4

! nri JH ULTON FULTON, CALLAWAY COUNTY, MISSOURI, MARCH 2, 1877. NO. 15. VOL. XXXII. Itilton fclfgraplj. "THE LITTLE GREY MARE." A Tragic Reminiscenco of tba Dark and Bloody Ground. Trial, Conviction and Subsequent Pardon of Isaac Deaha, Son of Gov. Desha, for Murder. High Family f'ounerliou of the Utfeudant ami Hie llrillinut ; Army of Coiiusrl, I from the SI. Lmils Kutiday Tiuiei.l III IK'.'I. .tut lur several year, previous thereto, the people ot Kentucky, were iu etnto of ureal agllitl ion over I lie passage by tlio general assembly 01 inrtitiu rcnoi laws. They wore espoused by one class .ml opposed by another. The ootilrovor. let springing therefrom wore frequently loug and bitlvr, hiiiI I wo parlies wore Inriuoil Willi III" nunc of llollof millAil-ll-rellof respectively, 'i'liu mailer of I he 'pas.ago ul llio ruliol law got into the courts, and upon a hearing of I ha rmio before Judge Clark, ol the circuit court, ittlng at ivliichoalcr, Ihey were declared unconstitutional Hint void. Tin declaim! by Jmlc Clark crcaloil immense eioiteine ul, ami u llio causo of chsrgoj looking to impeachment bring prclorred against him, anil hi eub-iiioiit arrest. For aotno reason or oilier tho mutter win ' never pushed,. The court ol appeal sin-tallied Judgo Clark's decision, ami llio '.attempt was niaile lit reinovo tlioiu by address. It iciiiircil two-thirds of bnlh branches of the iimicrnl assembly incHect this, and it waa during tlio year 1SJ& i li:it an effort wa mado by llio relief party lo return members enough to olfect it object. This was one ot llio most mcmora ble and exciting political routrovor-ica ' that ever occurred in the (Into of Kentucky, and tlio people feci Iu c-Uecl. to ' tlii day. The relief party failed and the relief law became incli'eclivo. At the August election in lH-.'t (Ion. .los. Deaha, who served in tlio war of 1812 as abtiga-dler-goncral, wits elected gnvcrunr of the Stale, lie resided near Maya Lick, In Mason couuly, and was llio chosen champion of the relief parly, which, ullhough successful at this elect ion, was dclcatcd the following yuar. Such was I ho altua-tiou of affairs when AN AWVtir, TltAOKIlY . occurred, and Increased llio excitement that waa already at (ever heal. Mays hick, llio town rciorrcit to auovo as uio residence ol (iovoruor Dosha, was and is at the tiroscut day.a rery small place. It Is situated twelve miles from Mnysvllle on the Lexington t'lko. (ior. Desha was a magnificent specimen or mo genut no-mo. llo was t ho soul of honor, great In mind and murals, and was In tact a mod' el man and a stalosman. lie resided tin on and was the owner of ono of those splendid blue-grass farms which Ken tucky is noted for. Ilis plantation was locked admirably and tin was llio owner of a great many slaves. Ills social uosi lion aud that of llio wholo family was of the highest order, and his grual popular. Itv extendod throughout the common wealth, llo represented his dis rlct In enugress sevoral tunes, anil uiaiiu a strong . inombor. llo was economical in his habits, and It is related of him that overy time lie went to Washington he would bring a negro homo with him from Virginia, purchased with money derived from his salary. Mombers of Congress III those days went to Washington on horseback, and Governor. Desha would bring tho negro boy behind him all the way from Virginia. It will bo remembered that tho year lH-.'t was the year in which John Quiucy Adams waa olocted to the presidency. The day before the election two boys imined Ball wcrohunting-hogs lu the vicinity of Mays Lick. They saw near tho roatUidii a truck that looked as if a hog had been dragged from the road. They followed the trail aud came upon THE PEAT) lllinv OF A MAN Lying behind a log. Tho boys gave the alarm; a crowd gathered and conveyed the body to tho residence of lien. Win. Hood, who occupied llio position of jus. tico of the peace. A Justice ol the peace was em e verod to hold Impicst, mid as the regular county coroner lived several miles away,' Ueneral liccd had a Jury summoned and held an inquest upon the body. Tho Jury, after collecting . what little evidence they could, returned a verdict that llio doronaed waa an utter stranger to thorn, and that he met his death at 'the hand or hands of parties to tliciu tin-known, ""ho body was then burled. ;This was on Monday. On Sunday some boys were hunting rabbits, and rail one Into a hollow tree near tho lanyard of lsaae Dosha, a son of Governor Desha. This lanyard was situated a milo or so from the Governor's residence, aud upon a part his farm which Isaac was working. In attempting to twist the rabbit out of the tree they drew from I lie hollow a man's shirt, upon which there wore SPOTS OF n LOO II. -They, reported this to llio neighbors, when a search was made and parts of a man's wearing apparel were found in difieront places. Upon tho shirt found by the boya waa written tho name "lla- ker." The people wero becoming more and raoro excited, ami two young men were lout to Ulue Lick to ascertain what they could about any slrauger having been iu tho neighborhood. Tho voting men ascertained from n hotel keeper named Edward Monro iu Ulue Lick that a few days beforo a iniin had stopped at Ills bouse, under the inlliionco of liquor, .arid was riding a litilo grey mare. Tho man boasted lo Monro that hn was a Mississippi planter going to Virginia to buy negroes lor his plantation. In the -crowd tc which the young men related the ciroumstanco waa Dr. Harmon, a brother-lu-law of Isaac Desha. Whoa the youug men spoke of the "l.iTTI.K OllKV mark" Dr. Harmon spoke up and said : "Isaao Desha had a little grey maro a few days ago. I will go and find out whom he .got her." An old man iu the crowd named David Brown said lu a peculiar tone: "1 will go tool" From that mo-ineut suspicion was directed to lsaae De-aba. Ho was at his father-ln-lawa', several mllos away. Four or live meu went to see him aud when they got there they fouud lsaae with the grey mare iu hit possession. He claimed to have bought the mare from a at ranger, but he waa brought back with tho maro to General Meed's when the body of the murdered roan was taken up and a now inquest was held. The vordict of this Jury waa that the evidences pointed strongly to prove Desha as the murderer. About this lime it was discovered that tho murder waa committed or rather that the body was fouud Jnst over tho line In Fleming county, and tho examining trial ' waa accordingly held at Floiningsburg, the eouuty .eat of Fleming county. Hero ha was bound over to appear before the circuit court for trial and bail was refus-' ed. A ehango of venue was granted the defendant to Harrison county, and in March, 1825, (he trial. carao off. Isaao De-aba was louud OOILTV OF MURDER In the first degree One of the strongoit point In the evldenco against Desha came out at llio trial. A parly by .the , name of Doggett kept a country tavern about six mile from May. Lick. Ho teetifled that the morning after Ilia man topped at Moore's he took breakfast at hi. hoose; that lsaae Desha was there and that the man was drinking froely; that ah. man told It there alao that he was a MIssIssIddI planter on his way to Vir ginia to bay negroes, and was still riding llin tamo grey maro. Di gged swore that upou I he man's lei lug Una to Desha the latter olfcrud to pilot him a near way lo a certain point, etc , that the two left Dnguot's together. Judge bhaunoii, be-lore whom llio cit.o was tiled, rime from the Lexington eircuit. llo was a strong relief man, but an upright judge and an able ami learned iurial. A motion waa tiled for a new trial and argued beloro Judge Shannon, who .Her hearli g the motion grai.tcd it. A Iremendoua effort waa nun unite lor unii. A iiiiiiiircu thousand dollars or more w as oll'erod, but Judge Hhauiioii was II nil iu his refusal to allow bail, uo mailer how largo a sum was ollered, THK CASK OA MR ON at the next lerin; it waa lu June. The trial lasted two weeks, and the jury suain bruughl iu a verdict of murder In ilw llrst deuree. I he trial came oil at this time beforo Judgo Henry II. Brown, tho regular judge ul llio Harrison circuit court, llo was also a strong relief man. The defense airalu tiled a million lor now trial, and Ihoir motion was again sucees.lul. After this trial an effort was again made for ball, but Judge llrowu waa as llrm as his iircdeccasors. anil re. fused il. The next court, at which Isaac Desha was In be tried Hie third time, was to convene iu September, but before lime arrived Isaac mado an attempt on his own llle. ami came very near emiiug his life In the Harrison county Jail by cutting Ills Hiroal. Ilis life was saved by the insertion of a silvor tuba In- his windpipe, Ihrnugh which ho ever after. wards breathed. After this attempt the ellort to obtain ball was renewed ami was successful, and Governor Djshe removed Isaac lo his homo In Mason county. At llio Septombor conrt Isaao was unable lo appear, and the mailer went over lo tho March term. At that lima llio defendant appeared, but alter two weeks' ellorl the court was unable to obtain a Jury, aud the caso was again laid ovor. Al llio Juno term another effort was made to obtain a jury, but after a two weeks' aliompt the court was again unsuccessful. At thla point Judge llrowu refused lo coutiuue the ball bond and an order was made RKUANDINC1 ISAAC TO J All,. The case bore assumod a new phase and culminated bolore the parlies to the affair left the court house. Tho reader will bear in mind that from the beiuiiiiig of this momnrablo trial Goo. Joseph Desha, the lathor of the accused, was tho (iovoruor of tho commonwealth of Kentucky, and possessed power all the time In grant a freo and lull pardon lo his sou. Ho positively refused, up lo tho time when Judgo Brown refused lo extend llio bull lu his sun's case, to grain executive clemency to Isaac He was kuowu lo bo a man of unimpeachable Integrity, aud his position was embarrassing in the extreme. But when Judge llrowu refused lo allow further bail ho arose iu the onurt room, his majostio form lowering abnvo all others, a thousand eyes were centered upon the old soldier and statesman, aud In a firm and unwavering volco he addressed llio court. "Il waa, indeed, a dramatic acoue," said an old gentleman to the writer. "I was an eye-wituesa to It, and although 1 am now over Ihroe-scorc-aud-ton, I have nover since witnossed anything lo equal it. Ah! when I call it to mind It senilis a if It htppeued only yesterday. Yet il Is over fifty years ago. I eau see them all uow. Thoro sits the judgo with firmness and declslnii written upon his fine face. There is tho clerk nt his desk who has paused in his duties as tho stentorian voice of llio old hero rings nut in tho crowdod room. There sit tho lawyers watching with curious eyes llio movements ol tho great soldier, great statesman, great governor and grout man. A T1I0USANII EMOTIONS wero in his bosom contending for supremacy, but not a tremor was noted in his voice, not a wrinkle disturbed his massivo brow as lio addressed the cotirl." Judge Brown hold his position bv virtue of an appoiultuenl from Gov. Desha. Tho Governor said : MI nm nliiittt lo lo nil art which I have heretofore llimigrlil iiiMicui, no tiiliiuiiil eoiilil foreu mo lo flo. You, sir, notwillistiiiiiliiiir you tuive lieea Hie reclpl. i.i .,r fniiii'4 rrom mo lion mill imnlu. lnivo seen III to imrsuti a I'ourse Unit ilcc iihiil mu in Hie action I am nUoul lo take. Notliinir else uuiler heaven eoulil tisvn mnile nlc il it, lint rullicr limn see mv unfor liuititii son, who is Hlrornly broken tit lieiillh, tuoiln eiitcru iirison eell, 1 now everriso llio power vourli-safeil to me nmler tint eoiHlilutiou ol KrniitiiiK him a luinlon tor tliu onouso of whirl! In) is uhiiraiul." "You could have heard a pin drop. remarked tho old gentleman. "I do nut believe a breath was drawn while tho grand old mail was speaking, and when he lluished Ihoso present count scarcely ruallzo that tho governor, in the few words ho had uttered, had euded the great trial, and that Isaac Desha was as free as any man in the court room." We presume il ine pages oi History wero soarchod, no vase similar to this one could be found. Isaac Dosha, beforo tho tragedy here recorded, waa an ex- remeiy popular man. lie oeiougeu io ono of the wealthiest and most respecta ble families lu the biato or Koniurny, yet no miitlvo was ovor suggested for the murder except robbery. The defense claimed throughout that ho was innocent, aud went upon the theory that the young men named nail, who first discovered tho botly, wero tho guilty par ties. Isaac, It win bo seen rrom tno testimony, was convicted upon CIRCUMSTANCIAL EVIDENCE alone. It soeins to have been positive In lis character, vet may it not have been one of ihoso strange cases wherein ovl-dciico seems not lo have boon wauling In any particular, where tho wholo chain appeara t be eomplele, yet where the accused was itiuoconi oi ino crime. i was proven on the trial that tho murder ed man's name waa Baker, that he was not a Mississippi iilanlor as he had claim ed to be, but that he waa a printer aud a school-leachor, and he was going to Virginia to get married. He bad only six- ly-iivo noiiars in money, ana wnoever killed him never got that, as it was fouud iu his watch pocket after the body was discovered. Thoro were engaged on both sides of tho case .nine of THE ABLEST LEG A I. MINTIH In the commonwealth. Major Wm. K. Wall of Cyiilhiana, the eouuty scat of Harrison county, was prosecuting aitor-nov of that circuit at the llmo. lie waa thou a rising youug lawyer and lu prose-cutiug this case his great power aa au advocate was developed, and hi. reputa tion as a lawyor of emloence was nrmiy established. Ho was assisted by Marliu P. Marshall, the prosocutlug attorney of the Fleming distriot. Marshall was a son of Alex. Marshall of Mason county. He nroseculed Isaao Desha bofora the examining court in Fleming oounty, aud made a strong apoecn against me accused. A few minute, after making his peach he was attacked in a violent man- uer by Marcus Desna, a urom.r oi isaac, aud SEVERAL BLOWS wore exebaugod. menus miervenea and matters wore quieted down, but that difficulty is said to have beeu the cause of Marshall following the case to Harrison comity, lie was or me oiu Marshall slock hi Kentucky, being closo-ly relaled to Thomas F. Marshall, Hum phrey Marshall and Judgo Thomas A. Marshall. Like all of the Marshalls, he was a man of transcenJent ability. The attornoys for Hie defense were ltowau, ol Bardstown, Nelson oounty, Wm. T. Harry of rranklort. and Col. William Brown, of Harrison. The name, ol these legal giants are familiar to everyone who has paid any attention fo the history of rientncKy. sjoi. wm. nrowu. a orotnor nt Jilflim H enev ft Itrnain 'rhn Itt SI Judge la the caso some years after the events rocoroea aoove, moveu io oanga- mon eouuty. 111., where ho died. . Dr. Lloyd Brown, uow. a prominent banker and planter nf Jai k-onrille, Mi. nols, is his sou, and Hon. William llrowu aud James A. Drown, prominent attorney sot Ihoshiue place, aic his grand sous. Judgo Yusliiiiglun AiUuia, of Missouri MAIIRIKP A IIAl'dllTKIt of Col. Brown. Frank Houston, K-o., of rii'ilalia. Mo., rx-proseeiillng attorney ol J f (, ,..,,,.;,.,', u,lyer. 6ho i," ,, I'oltls county, illumed a Miami 'daughter dauiihler of Klisha tlrnwu, dereaed, for merly a prominent banker Hi rieiiaita, Mn. Hon. Wm. llrowu nod James A. llrowu above referred lo are brothers id Mra. Iloiislon. The lamily ol Col. Brown, it seem, have kept up the family name, for they nro well and lavornbly known throughout llio Slates of Kentucky. Illinois ami Missouri. Ilo'wau. Die celebrated criminal lawyer is said lo have remarked after the matter was seltled that there was ONE I'OI.NT IN THK kVlllKM'K that he could never master. That was the spectre of the grey mare arising he-fore Ills faro whenever hn attempted In break Hits chain. Do what he might, he aald be never could lliluk of any way to overcome thai onion ol the leslimmiy. Alter Hie pardon of Iwne Desha he left Kentucky and went In Texas. Of his subsequent career litilo is known. It was reported several years ago Ihal ho was seru In llio Stale,' hut accnuiitsdiU'er concerning iiiiu, some parties claiming that he ha been dead for many years. If living ho would be over seveniy fire years of ago, as he waa twenty-five when llio tragedy occurred. Whorover lie wool MEMORIES 0F THE PABT certaluly followed him quick and fast, for no man, we are coulldrut, ever went out Into the wide world to revel amid new aceuea, possessing a more traglral history. All of this was In the long ago. Over a half century has passed away since Hie scenes and incidents herein recorded wcro enacted, yet there are still many persona living, especially in Kentucky aud Missouri, who vividly remember them and speak of the tragedy as the moat wonderful event occurring in heir long experience. Hex. THAT SEDITIOUS ARTICLE. Tho Words for which Grant's Administration Propose to Indiot Don Piatt. Tho following sharp and culling editorial upon iho Supreme Court of Iho U.S., the Klecloral Commission and the i'residciil, la from she poll of Don I'iatt, the editor of lbs Washington Capitol, published at Washington City, for which he has beou indicted, arested and put uu- dor boud : The aickening apprehension felt by tho people, to which we referred last wock, that the Supremo Court would bo found as rotten as Iho other powers of our unhappy Government, has been realized. Tho swift decay that in the last tcu years has made our self-government a sham and a mockery, and iu llio Exccu-live and Legislative bratichea shamed us boforo tho world, has been silently working its way through llio Judiciary, until now, iu lis llrst trial, it offends with its stench llio nostrils of all honest citizens. The appeal made to Hie Judges of tho Supremo Court from the people sorely distressed and perplexed, was to save I hem from the wicked conspiracy of men thoy had repudiated at tho polls. Tiny saw their faithless agents for years rob bing tho Treasury of their hard-earned taxes. They saw their highest olllcials indicted for llio meanest crimes. They saw a l'resldeut coarse, briilnl and ignor ant, mid appointing sycophantic pimps to the highest positions. They saw him the assoeiale oi roughs and tho commis sioner of thoivos. They sawcarpet-luggers, sustained by bayonets, manipula ting Iho polls, mat ignoraucu ami rascality mil; lit (yranizo over the South. They saw ltiugs organized iu llio lobby control their Congress. They saw huge monopolies cicatcd hy Ihmr Uovorntueiit eating out their subslaiice. They saw themselves reduced to want, iraito paralyzed, and labor without employment, aud thoy mado a desperate effort In right their wrongs lln'ouiih Uio halkt, Willi a subsidized press against Iheni, with au army of hungry olllnc-holdcra that-counting those ol llio general (iov-eminent with iliose of tho Biales made a hordo of Treasnry-ealers greater than any standing army in Kurope; with all tho accumulated capital In Iho hands of monopolies arrayed on Iho siilo ot their on pressors, I hey liinilo ono despairing effort, and came up from to polls with u majority of over a half million In I heir behalf. And of what avail ? Through a dishonest Koturiiiiig Board, mado up of criminals who have escaped conviction and punishment under the protecting arm of a corrupt government, enough vole are thrown out to render all Ihelr effort, vain, and saddle upon them the old corruption and the old horde for au-ol nor term of years, perhaps foreror. From this, appeal was taken lo f!vo Justices of Ihc Supremo Court. Fur that no more and no less, was thccoiiimissinn created. It was believed that by such process the question at issue, being a charge of conspiracy against corrupt men, could be lifted from the political arena to a tribunal of high-toned, impartial Judges, who would deoldo iu accordance with law and Justloo. To tho amazement aud disgust ol all thoughtful minds, these Justices divided, as the partisans list), on a political line; and three Itidopondont old men Joined with the enemies of the people In fixing corruption upon us, and destroying all conlldenco In Iho very foundation of onr political structure the ballot. Thoy deoldo that fraud does not vitiate, and beyond this thai they have noihiug to decide, aud io seud lbs question lo the people. We have unt the patience lo arguo what the people, In Ihelr broad common sense, will not consider the fluo-spun legal technicalities under, which thcao aged scoundrels seek lo hide their shamo. Their real brief Is to bo fouud in tho utterance of one of their commission, James A. Oarfleld, who said boast-iugly, "You'll hnvo lo grin and bear It. We hold the cards aud intend to play them." Poor political gambler! Tho takes for which lie play, are tho rights of 40,000,000 of people, tho pcaco and prosperity of Iho only republic known to humanity. For all that froomen hold most dear, Ihoso hands, stained with plunder, gamble as the soldlors of Pilate severed in derision the garment oi tho Crucilled Christ. A. we .aid a week alnce t "This is not law, it is revolution; and If the people lamely submit, we may bid a long farewell to constitutional Government. Fraud no longer vitiates. A corrupt Administration ha. only by it. bayonets lo hold a Stale usurpation long euough In power for a corrupt He-turning Board to do il. vilu task, aud tho work Is done. If a man thus returned to power can ride in safety from tho Executive Mansion to tho Capilol to be inaugurated, we are fitted for the slavery that will follow the Inauguration." We do not believe Iho people of the United States are of this serrilo sort. Wo do not boliovo that they are prepared without a blow lo part with Ihoir hard-earned, blood. stained possessions. Notice is uow served on the citizens of Louisiana aud Soulh Carolina that thoy must care for ihomsclres. How soon lamp posts will bear fruit Is for them to say. To the people of tho North and West notice is given that all Hie toil lo which they are subjectod that bondholders and monopolist may fation secure, is repaid by no security for their rights, and that a shrinkage of values i. now in order. Itinera is law for fraud there is reason for vlolonce, aud to that wo make our last appeal. . . Scieuce is tho natural, ally of religion. MAJOR GEO. BAUOBMAN, TUB MONTGOMERY COUNTY HERMIT. From Itrvaa uud Unie's History nf the Pioneer I amities of Mi.soHl l.l III a lonely, ilcaiilatn hillside, a short ili!aiico I ioiii Danville, llicie lives a sin gular being known as tho Montgomery j eniiuty heruiil. Ilis ptaeo of abode is in j n small cavern, fnrmed by a shelving rnrk iu Hie sido of tho hill, on one side id which he has btiill.a wall ol alone and J lor j ed a rough doorvrny, w hirli is closed uy sumo unanis clumsily lasieueii together. The sides id the cave are smoky and du ly, and a more gloomy, deaola'.o placo eoulil hardly bo fouud. Hero Ibis singular liniu hits resided since about lui'i, ineuty-lmir years, and he will doubtless remain iliero i mil death removes him lo a iikiio pleasant hnhilallnii. He subsists upon charily, public and private, and Ihe trulls nl ins gun ami Il-hlngi lacklo. lie also raises a small crop ol com each year, ami has a lew peach trees near his cave, which yield liim a small amount of that delicious fruit eaeii season, ilia gun is of the limit antique pattern, long and ungainly, like himself, aud show. th. effect, of n;ro and constant use, bolug held together by numerous si rings aud bauds, lie dresses In a style peculiar lo himself. Ills shoes nie composed of rough leather tied Willi strings to a sole composed of a Lirco ol clapboard; he discard, socks en tlrclv. lu the side of the hill near hi. den he has dui! I wo large wells, twenly-uve or thirty feel deep, iu nuest nf golden treasures which no imagiiioa are uiu mere. The grualrt portion of the excavation, has been made through (olid rock, without the aid or powtior or blasting- tools, and ho has carriod Ihe debrit to Ihe ton in his pockets and shirt bosom, ascendlug and descending by means of a ladder of mo tnoai primitive construction, ttomo Idea, therefore, may be formed of the patience and perseverance that havebeon euiidnpcd In the prosecution of his work. We havo obtained a history of this sin gular person, wmcn we present oeiow, aud from II may be gleaned Iho cause ol his hallucination and peculiar mode of uio. Henry Baughinaii, Hie grandfather of the subject of Ibis sketch, wa. a uative ol Holland, but desiring lo boiler his prospects in llle, he canie to America, and seltled in 1'oniisylvanla. When Ihe rcvolull mary war began he enlisted In tho American army and served his adop ted country during II. struggle for Independence. Afler llio closo of Iho war ho removed lo Stark county, Ohio, where ho seltled and lived. He had a eon named licorge. wl.o married Mary Mclutiro, and sottled lu Carroll comity, Ohio. Thoy had leu children, via : Jacob, Joseph, Ktnauucl, William, James, Henry, (icorge, I'olly, Esther, and ltachel. (jourge was bom December 3, 1814, and is now nearly 62 years of age. He received a good coiumun school education, having attended the ptiiiiic sellouts in the vicinity of his father's houso during the wittier months Irom the time he was eight years old until ho was ucaily grown. lu 1K1U ho came to St. Louis, Mo , where ho remained one month, and then went lo Washlugluii county, Illinois. aud set I led on 80 acres of land Ihal his father had given him, llo remained thoro until 1817, when ho traded his farm for one In Christian couuly, Mo., whore be settled ami resided live yeais. At tho end of ihnl time he paid a visit lo his falher In Ohio, remaining only a short time. Ho then purchased a earl aud a yoke of oxen, and accompanied hy his little ucphew, started on his return to Missouri. His route lay through Montgomery county, and he ramped one night nl Loulre Lick, where ho lost one of Ids oxen, and spent it month iu looking for him, without success. In Hie meantime his iniuil became tic-ranged on the subject of gold, and ho loaded nl the phicn where ho has siuco lived, anil began to dig for hidden treasure. His nephew remained Willi him several years, hut being in destitute circumstances ho was Dually soul liumn by some of the cilicns nl Hie community. Il iugluii in says Unit many years ago the l'Ycuch concealed largo quantities ol gold when lie lias dug Ills nulls; that ho has now found Iho treasure and is walling lor France lo send an army to sla .d guard while hn lakes it out. Ho declares Unit lie bus written several let tors to the joss ' 1 'tin's in regard to tho mailer, and Ihitiks Iho army w ill bo hero soon, lie will eonvcr-o in a perfectly sauo manner nil ilny subject except that of gold, hut Ihe moment Hint is moiilioiietl he forgets everything else aud will talk about nothing hut hi hidden treasures. lie has an old horso with which hecul-livnles a siindl pnich ol government land, ami Ihe (,'oiiniy Court appropriates $35 a year to his support. This money Is placed in Ihe hands ol Mr. Dock Graham, who expends il lo Iho best advantage, and in such a way that Ilaughinan imagines he earns il, tor If he had the .lightest Intimation tual it was a public charily ho would not accept It under any circumstances. He catches fish and shoots squirrels, rabbits, turkoys aud other game, which he sells or trades for groceries and oilier necessary arllclos; so that ho does not stiller for somolhlng to subsist upon, Mr. (lraham and oilier citizens of Ihe vicinity extend a holplng hand lo him when ho needs assistance, and are careful that ho docs not suffcrfor anything, llo grinds his meal on a mill of his own construction, aud doo. his own cooking and washing though from his usual appearance one might infer II..I h.JU....IIUl..f Ik. I.I l.a II. I. a gentleman iu his manners, qulel and Inoffensive, and his cave Is often visited by children, of whom he I. quite fond, llo is liked and respected by the people ot Ihe vicinily, who are careful not lo offend him or wound his feelings by mak ing light of his singular halieli.atlonsnd modo nf living; and notwithstanding hit seclusion and eccentricities he will be sincerely mourned when tho baud ol death is laid upon him. A Historical Pair of Solssors. Among the relict loaned to the Old South Exhibition by the town of Coucovd are a pair of scissors, of which tbo following Interesting slory la told : A youug English staff officer was frequently sent to Concord to the house ot Col, James Barrett, on business connocted with tho Commissary Department, and, while waiting for a reply, would amuse himsolfby talking loyally with James Barren', oldest daughter, Milllcent, lo hear hor rebel replica, lie asked her what they should do II it became necessary for tho colonies to resist, a. there was not a person that even know how to mafco cartridges. She replied that they would use Ihoir powder-noru. and bullets just as they shot bear.. "That," said Iho youug man, "would be barbarous. Give me a piece of pine and I will show you how." Alter whittling the slick lo Ihe proper form, be took Ibeso scissors and cut tlio paper for the pattern cartridge. Tho sequel show, now apt a scholar sho was, for all the cartrdg-os wcro mado under her sitperlntondenco by the women of Concord, her only malo assistant being her younger brother, Ihe late Major James Barren, who drove Ihe last load nf cartridges from Ihe houso afler tho British camo in sight, on tho 19th of April, 1775. There Is also on exhibition a hymn book, whloli was given bv one of tho prisoners Inken from tho British brig Boxer, In Iho fight with tho Enterprise, nf Portland, to tho Sheriff whn'hronght him to Bostou for oxohaug o. liotton I'ntl. The moral conscience Is truly a primi tive faculty; ia a particular manner of reeling wmcn corresponds io me good, ness of moral actions, as taste I. a msn tier ol feeling which corresponds beau ty. Love may immolate error. for the Tr.lKoa ml. Our Trip to the Court House, n v oni: OF THE tllltt.s). Ones lllxin a rnM nisht dreary, the "Sciniuolss1 ualL...I oiiitH tv.'nL tli.l It i.n, v Uler iiiitnv n roek tliAt Ir.l them lo pit rourt'honss ilo.ir While ili.y wrre enfsxeil In talking-, suddenly was iiesnl s UfilLtug, As of some one griill)' walking-, wntking in Iho court ,i,ii,. uoor, "I'l. some hoys," I inulleretl, "Hiking Jnst oulslds lh iloor linly this, ntul noltilnx mors.' Ah. ililinrtlr I reinemher, (ihotich 11 wasu'l hlsak liei-emlu'r.) Hon: Hi lesr" Centennial pictures wrought Ibeir iim'iii s on ine wnii. Kngerlv we w i.lie.1 (or more, vainly though, they'd And mr liniilnes must Had a fall, for ws, the boys, slioulil.ee no inula. Itnl the lAlkintT nt Hut liors Ihsl snt lishl us Thrilled me, llltml ma Willi taslasiio terror aim ! Seihai now, io aim the beating of my heart, I stood leu li'tol'S ri'iiestliuf. "Pr. Hilliiismy cousin ihal alls ly ms atar ths door. And tins ruuslii asks nermlssioa lo sea me to Ihe . . This he wants, and Bulbing asorf ." Then the Dr-v-soul grew stronger, BsMilatlng now no lo,oM-r. 'Miss," suid he, "your cousin shall bo showa outside You shall not' go wslklug, anil so gsnUy to hint talk Inar. I, myself, will tako you walking, walking to Uis eolli-gp door; Tla against my rulea tor him to" bam he opened wide Ihe door; Itainlng there, and nothing more. Thea Into the rourt-house turning, all his soul within him bnrnine. Hoou again lie henrd us talking, aomewhat loader Mau uviurr. "Bundy," uuuth ihe eludente, "aurrly you will let m gel umlirellss, Lei us, Hoctor, we entreat you, see Ihem to ths col leere door Lai our hearts be still a moment, while ws takalbem to the uoor This we ask, and aothing mors. Then the Dortor standing lonely in the eourl-houss door, spoke only These few wonts, as If bis soul iu theas lew wonla he did oullKini ; HYou may go and get umbrtllaa, everlasting, loaslng fellows." Though Uie Dortor more Ibsn tnuttsred, "Oh, thai rain would come no luorc To the doorway yon ran take them, as other boya date uuim urii'rv Take them there, andsin no more.' Oul in the darkness sulking, went the Doctor, still a lalkimr. And we soon saw he was walking aomewhat faater innn ul ht , Vol the least attention paid he not s minute stop. ped orstsyed lis. Hat with hurrying footsteps went he, 'till he resched the college door, Then sat upon Ihe damp veranda, with the lamplight gloatiug o'er, tint and waited, nothing more. Mow the "Heminolca" walking slowly uowewaru aud Ulklng lowly Mule thought that lliev ehould "catch II" when they reached the college door "There!" the Honor shrieked, npslsrllng, "Ihla la now the hour of parting ; (let thee back lulu the tempest and the uight'a llu Ionian shore ! Full twelve minutes and a half I've been here sluing Just outside the door! 'TIs llio way you alwn)ado me; wllhlhe boya you go no more." Quotli Hie Doctor, nevermore! ADVICE ANd"aDVI8ERS. it y wm. s. ri.uMurt, n. n. Sometimes by ad vice wo mean a mere suggestion, a hint dropped; sometimes we mean information imparted, amounting In Instruction; but eomiu.nly wo mean counsel given In a somewhat formal or earnest manner. Of .11 man's duties to his fellows, nono il more weighty than Imparling advice, it Is feared ihal maiiv give counsel with out much reflection, and with very litilo souse of responsibility. It is dotio Iu evasion. It is commonly admittod that great undei tiikiiiL's should be preceded by seek ing all tho information ami all Iho advice attainable, "Willi good advice make war," said tlio wisest of mere meu. And a greater liniu rtolomou urgrti llio sumo thing lu more than one form. it is only wilit Ihe well-advised that We Hud wisdom, lu Iho midst of coun sellors there is comparative safety. It is only Ihe rash and risky that go torward without a weii-cousiiiereii plan, vt iters no counsel Is, the people full. Without counsel, purposes aro tlissapoiuted. In fuel, every purposj la cstaiilislioil by counsel. Thero have been some wonderful coun sellors lu lie; world. Job was ono of them. Unto him men guvo car, and waited ami kept silence at hia counsel. Afler his words Hiey upoko not again: and I hoy wailed lor him ns for Iho rain. Joseph was another. Ho always brought a blessing Willi him. Ahilhuphol waa such an adviser. His counsel was so sagacious dial it was mil a nun had lu-ij uired at Iho oracle of find, Talleyrand, Cavonr, and ilisinark havo been among the wisest of men in our day. Tho wisost aud best of human advisers except in Iho caso of children and of Hi i feeble-minded, do not so much tell you nrocisclv what, lo do, but they rather give you Iho prliiolplos of a correot decision, and lcavo you lo apply Ihem yourself. This was remarkably true of the lale Dr. Archibald Alexander, who was olio of iho wisest counsellors. When counsel Is given by God, It ha. all the force and auihoriiy of a divine command, uoraiisu u comes irom intiuiio love, truth anil wl.dom. The authority of parents and others set over ns, justly gives weight to their advice. 11 is ine error oi some mat uy tuoir ait-vlco they really mean law, from which you must not vary. They count you a fool if you do not see as thoy do. The rlir lit wav is to tunicate our convictions. and Iheu encourage others to weigh the hole matter, and judgo lor themselves. Use advice If it is good. Be thankful for all good advice pertinently given. One of tho most oomtiion errors in giving advice is that it is hasty and not well weighed. I have known a man to otter an opinion beloro the cue was half started. "He that answerolh a matter before he hearcth It, It is folly and shamo unto mm." As a sencral thing old men are better adviser, than young ones; but soino old 0,.ll apo yery muiieiij wmhu suiuu yuung men display great disorollou. The rule is general, not universal. It is never safe for us lo take counsel of auy of our passions, envy, pride, van ity, covetousness, or i ne hkc. jt evil uulhiug but evil can come. Que of the ladest sights I. toeii when we soe a man falling by 1 1 a own oouutols and yet persisting iu Ihem. By little and little he sinks lower and lower till bla ruin Is complete. Uou is the nasi oi counsellors, neoK unto hi in. Tho moek will he guide in udgoment, His counsel, are of old, althfulnoss ant) truth, llo Is wonderful in counsol as he is oxcollent in working. He is groat in oouusol and mighty lu work. God has mado his Son the great Counsellor and Advocate of hi. church. Iu him are hid all tho treasures of wisdom and knowledvo. No ono else in the same seuso and to the same degree as himself has the Spirit or wisdom ana unucrstanu-lug, Ihe spirit ul counsel and might, the spirit of k uowledge and of the fear of the Lord. Himself says: "Counsol Is mine aud wisdom; I am understanding; 1 have strength." O that man would hear his volco : VI counsel Ihoo to buy of mo gold tried in tho lire, thai thou mayest be rialii and whilo raimonl, that thou mayest bo clothed, and that the shamo of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eye. with eyo-salve, that Ihou mayest see," Tho hope of Divine guidance Is the Greatest solsco in our trials and perplex-lies. So thought poor Asaph in the day. of hi. conllict i "Thou shall guide mo with thy counsel, and allerwarda ro-ceivo mo to glory." Pa. Ixxlii. 31. How bewildered and lost every one is when God forsakes him, Nor cau men do a more perilous thing than to rebel against tho words of God, and contemn the counsel of the Most High. 8uch a courao I. warring again.! God. Shall a worm dare to fight against omnipotence ?. Who hath hardened himself against God aud piospered ? . Inlton f clcgva.plj. Established in 18S9. Oi.n Semes Vol. xixvii. Published Evory Friday by Tohn .13. "Williams. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Onecopy one year, in advance,.. . 00 (9 Siuglo copies in wrappers, ready for mailing, live cent. each. DR. M. YATES OFFKBS his professional services to Iho elllzens of f iiliiui and vicinity. urni-n uver n right's lirug store, front rouui. wnere ne may oo mum! uay or iilgli unless professionally absent. January 6, 1N77. l7-3m. (IO TO BOB HUDIUALL'S IS vTILLIAMflBI'BO.lMO., And look at Ihoso 40 Saddle from til totl). lstdox. Horse Collar, from T5c. io aja uu. 10 set. Double Harness, $30 to MO i inch full Tug Harness, JA.OO. Also Chains, Hamcs, Bridles, Halters. Currycombs, Whips and everything else In my line In proportion. Give Me January H, 1877. Call. (S-Sin.) DEIST TIS TRY. DR. J. W. PLIMMFR, SURGEON DENTIST, HAS permanently located at Pulton, Mo., and la nrenarod in ln n,ifill l.. ,1... lilie Of Ills lirofeiulon In till. Ileal, m.itinn. Special attention given to tho preservation of the natural teeth Ulilee, Kast of Public Sotinre, Nov. 17, 187(1. I-T.in.l I. A. CUE WH, Notary Public and Conveyancer. SPECIAf, attention given to the writing of Deeds, Mortgages, Jtc. imicc iu mv louri House, 1- niton, Mo. May ill, 1870. iMf. EO. H. ARTIII It, ATTORNEY AT I..AW COLLECTING AGENT, FULTON, JHIMSOIIII. NOTES anil Accounts promptly collected for a reasonable commission. No charges until collections are made. Omci-111 old lliink hnllilinir in. rnn... V.. I ' "' " " May 13. 1870. 2fi-tr.l JAMES II. SIVEI.L,, ATTORNE Y-AT-L AW, Ft'LTON, INIgaoi'Ill. Okpicr fPor tho nresentl nt tlm r'niin.D.. County Savings Hunk. Aiit.v is), IK7U. 27-tf. jou.y a. nncKsDAV. i,. j.. it.tn.Ki-. HOCKADAV & BAILEY, Attorneys anfl Conta al law, FI'I.TOX, MISSOURI, WlfX practice In the Courts of Callaway and adjoining counties, and trill give prompt attention to till business entrusted to their care. January , 1 875. (9-1 f.) Is. W. McUI..F.v7 ATTORNE Y-AT-L A W, Fl)I.TO, MISSOURI, PltACTICESIn tho Courts of Callaway and adjoining oountles. Office-Up stairs In the Court Houso, January 10, 1S74. (2t)-tf.) Or. GJ-. r. llooteg, DENTIST. 19 now fully prepared to perform all Dental operations iu tho host anJ most scleullflc manner. All work warranted. Omen Over old Bank, Court street. Pulton, Mo. January A, 1377. 7 ly JNO.A. FLOOD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FULTON, MO. WILL praotloeln Callaway and adjoining counties. Urrioi In the Court House. January 3, 1874. 8-ly.l Tom Watson's SMOKE HOUSE ! T8 now thrown open to visitors of all Nn- .. iionaiuias, uoin male ami rcmnle, The only placo In the Kingdom, whero LOVEES OF THS WEED Can Ind kept exclusively on hand every variety ol PIPES and CIGARS, Eking and Smoking Iota. December 1,1870. 13-tf.l CALLAWAY COUNTY Savings Bank, EDWIN CURD, President, WM. T. RNEIX Cashier, H1HKCTOII8 ! T. M. TITCKER. A. WILKKU80N, J. A. HOCKADAV, WM.IIAKRISON, T. B. N USUI?, 8. L. DEDMAN, P. K. CHAITKLL. T1TILL do a General Rankin? and Ex- V V change Business. Collection, and Re mittances promptly made, January o, ion. is-iy-l Hides, Pelts, Furs, &c. WE will pay thehlghest market price, In cash, for all kinds or Hides, Hhrcp Pelts, Furs, 4c. Ofllc on Columbia street. MAVFIKLU& CI11IIST. December 8, 1870. 4- tf. READ THIS CARD. THE firm of Watson t Bro. dissolved on February 1. 1877. All person, knowing themselves Indebted to Watson A Bro. will please cad and settle. I am authorised to aettlo all business for the Arm. J. SAM. WATSON. February 10. 1877. 18-4w. ROBERT S. AI.EXlNllHlt nitl'IIKIKNlS CROW, IIIRCADIXE 4 fO., Impnrtt'M ftlnl .fobbcM ot TTTS OOODQ. SHI. MS and rsyj North dth Street. This Is the oldest and best ry Hoods house In St. Louis, Mo. April 7, 1S7H. l21-1y- COFFINH, At Reduced Prices ! ClOMK one, come all. and examine my stock of Upholstery (iooils, Tarlor Seta, Furniture el ill Mfk:, Of tho latest and best styles III the market. Bedding aud a Variety of Bed gprluka. Itosewood, Walnut aud Melalle BURIAL CASES AND CASKETS On hand and made toonh-r at lowest figures. iienry BAreii, Httreessorto tVin.Judr. corner Nichols A Droadwar. opposite Ullhnrt A Tureuian's Tolmreo Viieturw Kullon, Mo, August V, ls;ti. (tl-Cm.l New Lumber Yard G. AUERSWALD, PKAI.RR IK a Lumber, Sash, Doors, Shingles, Mouldings, &c., At Quick Sales and Small Prodis. His Stock Cannot be Surpassed, flive taint a Tall nnd Uet His Cash Prices. HIS .timber Yard Is Immediately sooth of llierrles' store, at the old livery stable. Hn returns thanks for past patronage and solicits an extension of the sinne to his old customers and to new ones who inny call during the year. iianiinry n, 1.1, ,. (.h-ii.j Riley Sartor & Co., Successors to .Tames Wilson. WR have nt our l.umlter Vnrit. on Nkli-oU street, JiHt south nl' i'ol.imhljiritret I a largo and extra line Mock ol 3L.XJ jVIE Shingles, l.nllis, Doois, Snsli, nnd everything appertaining to a first class Lumber arJ. Mo desire the cilieus of Fulton nnd f'allawav county to call on us. mid examine our stork and get cash prices. REPAIRING. In connection with onr Lumber Yard we bavea Wood Shop, wlierewe repair Wagons, Buggies, &e., nnd make I'lnws. loir lor cash. Hii.r.i PAiiii'if k w. January 21, 1S70. ( 10-1 .) JOHN T.BROWN, DKAI.KR IN FresliDrnjTs.MciliciDcs and Cteicalu, Policy and Toilet Articles, Spongoa, Bi'ushoa, Perfumery, &o., FULTON, MO. TnVSI('fA!(3' iMHCSCIMPTlONS Care- X lu iillv conimiundcn. .laniiary 7, 1877. is-ly.l n .t. xA.rrrris:iirSoiv. -AND- Confectioner Comer Asylum and Nlcholsstreet, KtTLTON, MIHHOURI. RETURN INO thanks for past favors and respectfully request a continuance of the same, 1 desire to remind my friends and the public generally Hint I am still on hand with a large and well selected stock nf Oonfeotlons, Also, always on hand, Fresn Bread Xl.-u.8ls. Pies And a good assortment ot CAKE. Ordersfor Weddings ib! Farilrs So llcltrl March?, 1870. (10-tf.) SECOND STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER I ILLI1TEE Just Received! Mrs. B. Williams, FULTON, MO., mrs on band a ma stock or HATS, BONNETS Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, Laces, Silks, VELVETS, CHIGNONS PLATS, SWITCHES, And everything usually kept In a M Bui Mfej Ste. KU III II sstMsier ti.g., FULTON. MO. A THOROUGHLY Cellule DtpailMt CLASSICAL COl'RSE same as first clasa Colleges. SC1KNT1KIO CI it) ft.HK omits Omsk, but liieliidi-B Higher Mathematics and Latin, or the .Modern Languages. ATllOltorOH Preparatory English School, lining young men aud boya lor business, or college or teaching. Iruilt .Morality, Training, Economy and " llralth, this Institution offer, special luihiceuienls. E TsXI'KNSFtsas Low In all Department, ns atiy llrst class College. SONS of Ministers and all stndent. for tba Ministry rewind FUKK ol tuition. ALL Youug Mra of good character and proinliinir Intellect, unable to pay tuition, arc received KIIKK. ftoard In town, Including lodging, fuel, etc.. per nock J3 to 3 M Hoard in country S la) Hoard In College House, under Ihe care ol' au excellent family, per week f 00 The next session opens (September 11th lliii, For Catalogae, apply to m. n. risiiEn, Or Tnor. J.vo. II. Scott, Fl'LTON. MO. .Tilly 21, 1S75. I3u.tr.) THE FULTON m JL slnn nl this College will open The healing nparnttis lias been entl.etr renovated audehungeil during vacation and llius lor stores erected at large eXsel,se. 1TIS3 STELLA E, GAEEETSON ll:is ,een annninted teacher of Malhrniallca and Vice Principal. She brings Ihe highest Icsilin'inials of her powers ef discipline and c.'ipiu iiy lo leach. PROP. E. C. McOEE WhotiiiiL'ht for the Principal In Bellewood Seniiiinry. Ky.,'ind has since taught In soma of ihe lending public and private schools ol Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri, will have spcciul charge nl the younger pupils, be sides nssi-tiug in other department, lla tvlil take n class of small buys, under twelve vears ol nge. to eilucato with the son. of the I'lluelpal. who will be kept separate from he girls in study hours. MES. EU1TEAE ana MISS OEANT Will reserve their places. FEOF. SHEDS Will give lemons 1 11 (iormnn and French and ItiMniniciitiil Mnslr to uch preft-r a jrea 1 1 I'm mi tmrhor. llo Unjrtit thaw brauchet tor Ifiur cur lu Walnut UIU Scinlnnry, nrtr Lexington, Ky., iimlr earn of Dr. bulloclit oiii'M the niuhi )0ularfcniMleitchouUs1t.(ru lucky err li.-ul. Tulilon In rri'jmrntorjr lViartinrnt, 10 ntODliii..fa73 iintTiiti'iitnis' iTi'.-iriiurm, . llitliti-i-iaMi ItiCkiJU-giaiuilejirirtment'1 fm r;ri':it cure will ho taken to have none but hontitt covtpftcnt employees In boanliiijr de putimcnt. PuplM fro m a tllatnnce will b expccte'l to ItoHid In tho Collcee unlcM thef Uhxc ri'lnt I vpa or special (rlcnci In the city to liavo iho rhnrgo of tht'tti. For I'ntulnutii'f lutti other Information Applvto W .W. 1111. I Fret. August 11,1670. (3U.tf.) HTC. ROBINSON. W110LESAl.il PIlLta IN COAL OIL., IL E&ir, T: ul M, LOUISIANA, MO. WC WILL SELL COAX Oil. To the merchants of Fulton and neighbor, hoi-lug towns at St. I.ouis prices, saving freight from St. I.ouis. and as no barrels are tilled mull orders are received, I consequently HAVE ALL EVAPORATION, And guarantee full barrels. January 6, 1877. (T-3ra.) GO TO Godfrey's Gallery WllEIiK PHOTOGR ArilS are made eou.l II to any In North Alltsourl, and the aiost beautiful PORCLAIN PICTURES. OEMS As rheanand good aa they can be had anywhere, A lew copies of ?:;:i;;?,a:i nnmi csmcatei, Will on band. Special pain' taken with Children; and in copying, GALLERY Over J. T. BrowaVa Drug Store. . January ft, 1S77. JO-tf.1 R W. MAIN, r and Jeveler, At Wilkerson's Hardware Sure, FULTON, MIMOVai, KEEPS constantly on hand a well M lected stock of Watches, Clocks, Vfatchesi, Clock, and Jewelry rails. fully, repaired and . - ... WA.TMtA.rrrr:i. - January 5, 1&7T. - &T4